1 Corinthians 4:9-16 (Epistle)
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- For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last, as men condemned to death; for we have been made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.
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- We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are dishonored!
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- To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and we are poorly clothed, and beaten, and homeless.
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- And we labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;
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- being defamed, we entreat. We have been made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things until now.
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- I do not write these things to shame you, but as my beloved children I warn you.
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- For though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
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- Therefore I urge you, imitate me.